Monday, 11 Oct 2021
Paint Your Own Pottery: Trinkets and Treasures Week
Create a place for your favorite little things - a tray for your keys, a ring holder, a bank for your change, or choose from boxes of all shapes and sizes. Drop in anytime Monday-Friday 2-9pm or Saturday 10am-4pm.
Monday Monologues series (virtual)
"Fashion Forward: Centering Justice in Fashion History" an online exhibit that confronts traditional museum practices. By reinterpreting a selection of objects in the ISU Textiles and Clothing Museum with a social justice lens, including cultural appropriation, racial inequities, shifting masculinities, women and feminism, socio-economic carriers and environmental justice, stories arise that were previously left out of the mainstream narrative.
Seminar: Machine Learning for Big Spatial Data and Applications
Hear about how this research is promoting machine learning for specific applications.
Seminar: Maya R. Eden (Brandeis University)
"The Cross-Sectional Implications of the Social Discount Rate" How should policy discount future returns? The standard approach to this normative question is to ask how much society should care about future generations relative to people alive today.
Seminar: Innovation in Course Design: Creating 360-degree Virtual Laboratory Environments
Join this seminar to hear from Allison Kayser, Media Production Specialist with the Brenton Center in CALS about ways to create a virtual lab option.
Dream Catcher Workshop for Indigenous People's Day
Although Dream Catchers are commonly seen as decorative pieces, they have a long and meaningful history in Native American culture. Learn about the origin of this craft and the symbolism of the materials with Winnebago Omaha elder Irma Wilson White.
Lecture: Residential Design for Health and Longevity
Cynthia Leibrock, an award-winning author, interior designer and consultant on accessibility and aging, is the principal and founder of Easy Access to Health, which offers consulting services in patient-centered design, planning for independent living, product analysis and judiciary witness services. Her lecture is hosted by the Department of Interior Design with support from the Institute for Design Research and Outreach.
Soil and Water Conservation Club Meeting
Meeting + free food!
Dream Catcher Workshop for Indigenous People's Day
Although Dream Catchers are commonly seen as decorative pieces, they have a long and meaningful history in Native American culture. Learn about the origin of this craft and the symbolism of the materials with Winnebago Omaha elder Irma Wilson White.
Tuesday, 12 Oct 2021
CALS In-Person Career Fair
Meet with nearly 100 companies looking to hire new graduates
Innovation 101: How to Use the Student Innovation Center
This month's Innovation 101 session will explore the Electronics, Textiles, and 3D Printing Shop in the Student Innovation Center. If you want to learn more about how to get your hands on these tools to start creating, be sure to join in this virtual tour of the shop. Registration (free) required.
Canvas Peer-to-Peer User Groups (October)
If you are interested in joining the Canvas Peer-to-Peer (P2P) User Groups, please email celt-help@iastate.edu before this session. The P2P group consists of advanced Canvas users who support multiple faculty and courses, including instructional designers and course coordinators.
RESCHEDULED: Professional and Scientific Council seminar series
This event has been moved to Oct. 19. "WorkFlex: First Steps," Ed Holland, director of benefits and worklife, University Human Resources. Holland will cover: Rollout of the program; timeline; what the program can mean for you; requesting a flexible work schedule or location.
Meeting: Faculty Senate
The Faculty Senate represents the general faculty of Iowa State and participates in shared governance of the University with the administration. Senate meetings are open to the public.
Shark Tank Watch Party
Join like-minded students to watch "Shark Tank." Meet others from across campus who are interested in starting a business or learning more about entrepreneurship. Registration requested.
Conference on Civility and Deliberative Democracy
"Energy Democracy: Driving Clean Energy Through Local Action," keynote address by Jon Carson, founder and managing partner of Trajectory Energy Partners.
Energy Democracy: Driving Clean Energy Through Local Action
Jon Carson is the Founder and Managing Partner of Trajectory Energy Partners, a Midwest-based solar development company that works closely with landowners and communities to develop community solar and small utility scale projects with strong local support.
Wednesday, 13 Oct 2021
Webinar, Choose Your Instructional Tool Adventure (Discussions)
CELT's Choose Your Instructional Tool Adventure focuses on various instructional strategies found on the CELT website and demonstrates practical ways to incorporate these tools in a Canvas course. This session will have a focus on discussions and include strategies incorporating Canvas and Piazza.
Workshop: Deliberative Democracy
In moderated small groups, participants will discuss U.S. energy choices and practice civic skills of long-form deliberative democracy. Part of the Iowa State Conference on Civility and Deliberative Democracy. Registration (free) is required.
Thursday, 14 Oct 2021
Webinar, College Student in the United States: Characteristics, Experiences, and Outcomes
Join authors Kris Renn and Bob Reason for a discussion of what's new in research and theory about college students in the US. They will provide an overview of the content of the second edition of their popular book College Students in the US, present highlights of the latest information about college students, and offer insight on how higher education institutions can & should promote student success defined as learning, development & wellbeing.
Seminar: Ingrid Kogel-Knaber, professor at the Technical University of Munich
Understanding soil organic matter turnover from studying interactions with soil minerals
Seminar: Chad Cotti (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh)
"An Evaluation of Unemployment Insurance Work Search Requirements: A Wisconsin Case Study"
Virtual conversation: Cyclones at Boeing
Aerospace engineering alumni and Boeing employees Kristin Crawford and Matthew England will share how Boeing engages them in innovation on the job, and what skills they learned -- and continue to learn -- about using innovative mindsets in their careers. Registration required.
Soccer vs. Texas Tech
Iowa State vs. Texas Tech.
Cyclone Cinema: The Forever Purge
Adela and her husband, Juan, live in Texas, where he works as a ranch hand for the wealthy Tucker family. Juan impresses the Tucker patriarch, Caleb, but that fuels the jealous anger of his son, Dylan. On the morning after the Purge, a masked gang of killers attacks the Tuckers, forcing both families to band together and fight back as the country spirals into chaos.
The Photo-Ethnography of Methamphetamine Use in Rural Alabama
The use of methamphetamine across rural areas in the United States has led to increased "cultural anxiety" about the drug and those who consume it. The general narrative of meth use has been heavily influenced by popular television programs and pervasive anti-meth campaigns. Using data from a two-year photo-ethnography Heith Copes provides a considered, contextualized portrait of those who live in rural poverty.
ISU Theatre: Corners Grove
A reverent nod to "Our Town," this play follows a group of young people in the town of Corners Grove from high school into adulthood as they deal with leaving home, falling in love, gender identity, and the death of Whitney Houston. Contains adult content and language.
Concert: RIVVRS
After a three year hiatus, RIVVRS returns with brand new album "Start Living" - a raw, vulnerable collection of alternative folk songs about the struggles that come with addiction, mental health, and sober recovery. RIVVRS first gained recognition with his 2016 single "I Will Follow You" which landed at No. 3 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter Chart and saw more than 15-million streams and multiple features across TV and film.
Friday, 15 Oct 2021
Last Day! Sugar Skulls Craft for Latinx Heritage Month
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday that celebrates and honors those who have passed. One tradition includes building ofrendas (altars) honoring the deceased using brightly colored skulls, marigolds, and possessions of the departed. Instead of sugar, our skulls are paper mache, but we invite you to decorate them in the spirit of Dia de los Muertos using paint, glitter.
Flagship Friday Innovators Forum: Building on an Ethical Foundation
"Building on an Ethical Foundation," Alaina Money-Garman is the founder and CEO of Garman Homes and creator of Fresh Paint by Garman Homes. Known for her award winning blog, Build Like a Girl, Alaina is passionate about the role of women and BIPOC in homebuilding. Alaina is a frequent speaker and podcast guest who is known for sharing deeply personal stories of struggle and triumph in the hopes of inspiring and making space for others.